Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on hospitality received by the Chief of the Defence Staff in connection with his attendance at the Sultan's Privy Council in Oman on 5-6 January 2019.

Transparency guidance for Senior Officials from the Cabinet Office states that Hospitality provided by overseas governments should not normally be included in published returns. Consequently, the information is not held centrally and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.